Man jumps off Fort Pierce bridge for job

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a Fort Pierce man hadhimself videotaped jumping off a causeway bridge to get a littlemore attention for his resume.

A police spokeswoman says 25-year-old Christopher Warren Grimais applying for a six-month job paying $105,000 on the GreatBarrier Reef in Australia. She says Wednesday's stunt was supposedto make his application shocking so that his prospective employerswould give him a closer look.

Grima told Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers that he tried toleave quickly, but the police arrived before he could get out ofthe water. Grima says he wasn't sure about the legality of thejump, which he guessed was at least 40 feet, but he knew he wasn'tsupposed to do it.

Grima received a court summons for breach of peace anddisorderly conduct.

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